‘I knew I was going’ Vietnam service earns local veteran Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts
By Jeremy P. Ämick When graduating from Russellville (Mo.) High School in 1965, Dennis Smith did not question whether he would someday receive a draft…
Dornan, Murphy Set to Star in WWII Film “Anthropoid”
Actor Jaime Dornan is set to be part of the cast of the upcoming WWII flick Anthropoid. His role in this wartime drama as a Czech…
World War Two PT-305 patrol boat goes under restoration
A World War Two patrol torpedo boat, PT-305, is being restored and renovated so that it can once again be a fully functioning, passenger-carrying…
Giant swastika painted on ground in Poland
A giant swastika has been painted on the ground in a car park in the Polish town of Częstochowa. The car park belongs to a…
Dambusters pilot to sell medals to save Bomber Command Memorial
Squadron Leader Les Munro is Britain’s last surviving World War Two Dambusters pilot and he has decided to sell the medals he received for bravery…
WHO-Tube: Bunker hunting near Calais
Exploring some of the massive German gun batteries on the French coast near Calais. In this video we look at: Batterie Waldam, a massive complex…
20 Mind-Boggling Facts About Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler, one of the worst dictators ever if not the worst in recorded human history, was responsible for 60 to 85 million deaths during…
Guest Blogger Dan Snow: Machine Guns – WW1 Uncut
Dan takes a deep breath as he prepares to have an extremely close encounter with some of the deadliest weapons of the war in an…
Officer served in THREE wars, was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, escaped a PoW camp and bit off his fingers when doctors refused to amputate
It reads more like the unbelievable exploits of the Terminator. But the remarkable heroics ofLieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart are entirely…
Microsoft Co-Founder Found Japan’s Biggest WWII Warship, the “Musashi”, Under Philippine Waters
Philippines – Microsoft co-founder and US billionaire Paul Allen said that he and his team have located Japanese Navy’s biggest WWII warship, the Musashi, under Philippine…
US Air Force commemorates 50 years since Vietnam War Operation Rolling Thunder
It is 50 years since the US Air Force launched its Operation Rolling Thunder campaign during the Vietnam War and the Air Force is holding…
IWO JIMA’S TWO FLAGS AND 26,000 CASUALTIES by Richard Brook
A big welcome to our new contributor – Richard Brook and this is one of his articles from his great www.richardmbrook.com. Lead image by Adam…